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ActiveLucky No. 7 · $2 · Idaho Lottery

Lucky No. 7: Poor value. A $2 ticket pays back $1.15 on average.

-4.5 pts vs launch#2 of 2 · $2 ID gamesUpdated Jun 16, 2026, 12:22 PM

Lucky No. 7 is a $2 scratch-off ticket from the Idaho state lottery. Its current expected value is 57.5%, down 4.5 percentage points from the launch value of 62.0%. 1 of the original 3 $7,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 1% of the 0.5M printed tickets have been sold.

57.5%
expected return
1 in 3.64
odds of any win
1 of 3
$7K top prizes left
1%
claimed · 3k of 494k printed
Odds, in plain terms

If you bought 100 tickets today

Based on the 134,999 winning tickets still unclaimed.

12 win more than $2
$3 – $77, an actual profit
15 win their money back
a $2 prize, so you break even
73 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 491,175 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map

Where the $1.15 comes from

The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.

Small wins $2 – $77
$1.14 · 56.8% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $7K
$0.01 · 0.7% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$2 – $77 wins
134,998 winning tickets remain in this range: 99% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress

1% of the print run claimed

Counting every ticket since launch, Jan 2026.

494k
tickets printed
3k
tickets claimed · 1%
491k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
33%
Tickets left
99%
33% of top prizes remain with 99% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Idaho Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $2 ID peers
#2 of 2
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Idaho Lottery published claim data, updated Jun 16, 2026, 12:22 PM.
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